1978 Toronto Blue Jays

59-102 • 0.366 Win% • 7th in AL E

📊 Season Record

59 Wins
102 Losses
0.366 Win %
7th Rank
590 R 775 RA
Diff -185

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590 Runs Scored
775 Runs Allowed
-185 Run Diff
1,562K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 AL Average

Batting Avg .250 4% below the 1978 league average (.261)
OBP .307 6% below the 1978 league average (.325)
SLG .304 7% below the 1978 league average (.327)
Team ERA 4.54 21% worse than the 1978 league average (3.76)
Runs Scored 590 13% below the 1978 league average (679 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumExhibition Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,562,509
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Avg per Game 19,290

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Rico Carty 0.284 2 Roy Howell 0.270 3 Otto Velez 0.266 4 Bob Bailor 0.264 5 Alan Ashby 0.261

Home Runs

1 John Mayberry 22 2 Rico Carty 20 3 Alan Ashby 9 4 Otto Velez 9 5 Roy Howell 8

RBI

1 John Mayberry 70 2 Rico Carty 68 3 Roy Howell 61 4 Bob Bailor 52 5 Dave McKay 45
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bob Bailor 154 621 74 164 0 0 1 52 38 21 5 0.264
Rick Bosetti 136 568 61 147 0 0 5 42 30 65 6 0.259
Roy Howell 140 551 67 149 0 0 8 61 44 78 0 0.270
John Mayberry 152 515 51 129 0 0 22 70 60 57 1 0.250
Dave McKay 145 504 59 120 0 0 7 45 20 91 4 0.238
Luis Gomez 153 413 39 92 0 0 0 32 34 41 2 0.223
Rico Carty 104 387 51 110 0 0 20 68 36 41 1 0.284
Rick Cerone 88 282 25 63 0 0 3 20 23 32 0 0.223
Alan Ashby 81 264 27 69 0 0 9 29 28 32 1 0.261
Otto Velez 91 248 29 66 0 0 9 38 45 41 1 0.266
Willie Upshaw 95 224 26 53 0 0 1 17 21 35 4 0.237
Al Woods 62 220 19 53 0 0 3 25 11 23 1 0.241
Tom Hutton 64 173 19 44 0 0 2 9 19 11 1 0.254
Willie Horton 33 122 12 25 0 0 3 19 4 29 0 0.205
Doug Ault 54 104 10 25 0 0 3 7 17 14 0 0.240
Tim Johnson 68 79 9 19 0 0 0 3 8 16 0 0.241
Sam Ewing 40 56 3 10 0 0 2 9 5 9 0 0.179
Garth Iorg 19 49 3 8 0 0 0 3 3 4 0 0.163
Gary Woods 8 19 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0.158
Butch Alberts 6 18 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.278
Brian Milner 2 9 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.444
Ernie Whitt 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Tom Buskey 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Clancy 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Coleman 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Victor Cruz 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jerry Garvin 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jesse Jefferson 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Don Kirkwood 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Lemanczyk 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Balor Moore 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Murphy 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tim Nordbrook 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Underwood 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Wallace 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Wiley 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Willis 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Victor Cruz 1.71 2 Tom Murphy 3.93 3 Jim Clancy 4.09 4 Tom Underwood 4.10 5 Don Kirkwood 4.24

Wins

1 Jim Clancy 10 2 Victor Cruz 7 3 Jesse Jefferson 7 4 Balor Moore 6 5 Tom Murphy 6

Strikeouts

1 Tom Underwood 139 2 Jim Clancy 106 3 Jesse Jefferson 97 4 Balor Moore 75 5 Jerry Garvin 67
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Jesse Jefferson 7 16 4.38 31 30 0 211.2 86 97
Tom Underwood 6 14 4.10 31 30 0 197.2 87 139
Jim Clancy 10 12 4.09 31 30 0 193.2 91 106
Jerry Garvin 4 12 5.54 26 22 0 144.2 48 67
Balor Moore 6 9 4.93 37 18 0 144.1 54 75
Dave Lemanczyk 4 14 6.26 29 20 0 136.2 65 62
Mike Willis 3 7 4.56 44 2 7 100.2 39 52
Tom Murphy 6 9 3.93 50 0 7 94.0 37 36
Don Kirkwood 4 5 4.24 16 9 0 68.0 25 29
Joe Coleman 2 0 4.60 31 0 0 60.2 30 28
Victor Cruz 7 3 1.71 32 0 9 47.1 35 51
Dave Wallace 0 0 3.86 6 0 0 14.0 11 7
Tom Buskey 0 1 3.38 8 0 0 13.1 5 7
Mark Wiley 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 2.2 1 2

👥 Roster (37)

Butch Alberts Alan Ashby Doug Ault Bob Bailor Rick Bosetti Tom Buskey Rico Carty Rick Cerone Jim Clancy Joe Coleman Victor Cruz Sam Ewing +25 more

37 players

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